Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 564-packet.md (9 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-only for builder dates)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-only for builder dates)
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-345-lsm345-pkt-564-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-345 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-345 was decommissioned 12 March 1947 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; its strike date is unknown; it was sold 22 December 1947 to the Ohio Oil Co., Findlay, Ohio; and its final disposition is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning and the reported sale to Ohio Oil; no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied. Builder, delivery date (3 Mar 1945), and 1947 Ohio Oil sale independently corroborated by the shipbuilding-history LSM table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-05
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-345 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutch, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp; it also lists two diesel-drive 100-kW 450V AC generators and one diesel-drive 20-kW 120V DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that any listed machinery insulation, gasket, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-04
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; source-review negative documented in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-345 was a World War II U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- World War II Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Possible categories only, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-345. The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-06
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-06; three paced attempts, helper exit 2, no result returned
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener sweep could not be completed in this session. Three attempts through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py (exact-name query USS LSM-345, opinions) at approximately 18:08, 18:15, and 18:28 CDT all returned the fleet-wide pacing stand-down; the helper's do-not-retry guidance was obeyed and no anonymous or out-of-band query was made. No CourtListener result for USS LSM-345 or LSM-345 was obtained in this session.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a blocked access, not a search negative: no opinion or docket query completed, so no litigation conclusion of any kind is drawn. The sweep must be completed (exact name AND hull number, opinions and dockets) before this record is treated as litigation-complete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-07
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[6]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live NavSource hull page, the shipbuilding-history LSM table, and official-source web results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LSM-345. No DANFS entry exists for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and scrapping records may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-08
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-345 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, construction block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-345 was laid down 13 October 1944 at the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois; launched 2 February 1945; and commissioned as USS LSM-345 on 5 March 1945 with LT. Ralph P. Mulligan, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Pullman Standard construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-345 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-345 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Fourteen (LCDR W. R. McCaleb), LSM Group Forty (LCDR O. J. Heggem, USNR), and LSM Division Seventy-Nine; following the war it performed occupation service in the Far East from 17 September to 2 October 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed theater assignment, flotilla/group/division, and occupation-service dates; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-02
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[9]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-345 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's awards were the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- Awards corroborate theater service; they do not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-345-lsm345-03